External Gas Bubble Disease

Skin bubbles or cysts can be an indication of several different ailments and can appear as gas filled vesicles or appear solid or cystic in nature. The clear, gas filled vesicles are usually diagnostic of External Gas Bubble Disease (EGBD). Cystic lesions filled with pus are called abscesses are usually due to Vibrio infections although other bacterial infections are possible. Lesions that tend to be more solid in nature include granulomatous diseases such as Norcardia and Mycobacteria. Granulomata of the skin have also been seen in parasitic infections caused by nematodes. Biopsy of solid lesions, such as these, is the best route for definitive diagnosis. Besides parasites, granulomatous disease usually does not respond to therapy and euthanasia with system sterilization is recommended. Glugea is also a fatal, contagious non-treatable disease that presents with solid lesions that are not granulomatous. It is also easily diagnosed in biopsy material. - information provided by Renee Coles-Hix

Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Gallery Administrator Size: 26 items

Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123641	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83710	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85016	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75462
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78379	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78510	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72650	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84477
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83811	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84947	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85120	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84691
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85259	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85049	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85006	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83198
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86934	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87395	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87042	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94117
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91267	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88725	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87496	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85389
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83340	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106357

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease